Top 5 2008 Essays @Inkwell Ideas
A day has already passed into the new year so before it gets too much further allow me to highlight a few of my favorite essays here from the past year.
- One of my most popular essays (and in this case it links to a full 4000+ word article) based on traffic is Worldbuilding: Religion Design. Although it could go even further into many details, I think it is still a very good attempt at outlining many of the issues involved with designing a religion.
- Another very popular essay written last year on the topic of Worldbuilding is Worldbuilding: Local Area Design. I do plan on writing more on the topic of Worldbuilding, but the project related to item #3 has taken most of my time.
- This post announced my Coat of Arms Visual Designer web software. The software allows anyone to quickly create a coat of arms for a noble character, an NPC, a kingdom, some other fantasy organization or even a real life ancestor’s arms or just something the represents something about you. Here is a direct link to the software if you want to skip the post.
- Checking in at #4 is an article on RPG Play By Message Board Best Practices. I find the information in this post very valuable considering how RPGs are evolving. We’ve found playing by message board to be a good way to continue a campaign as people move away or just as filler between playing in person.
- Alternatives to Magic Item Creation Experience Point Cost is a useful article that tries to find some alternate solutions to an issue many players and game masters do not like.
Honorable mentions: The Effects of Light on Combat highlighted an issue that many groups gloss over, but can cause interesting issues for the players when properly enforced. Designing Reserve Feats gave some insight into designing this relatively new type of feat and helped clear up my own mind about them.
